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Subjective well-being and subjective aspects of well-being: methodology and theory

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  • Filomena Maggino

    (Professor of Statistics for Social Research, Dept. of Statistics, Computer Sciences, Applications ‘‘G. Parenti’’ (DiSIA), Universita` degli Studi di Firenze (Italy))

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The necessity to consider the individual perspective, completely ignored by the traditional GDP approach, in measuring countries’ well-being is broadly urged and accepted (Stiglitz et al., 2009). Many point out that the most important dimension of the individual perspective is represented by the subjective perception, defined in terms of subjective well-being, which should play an important role in the policy making process. The idea that observing subjective well-being has a high informative and analytic value is widely acquired. Perceptions and evaluations influence the way persons face life and benefit from opportunities. However, focusing on the individual perspective is affected by some risk. This contribution aims at exploring the conceptual issues related to those risks, which refer to some dualisms around well-being (subjective vs. objective, happiness vs. subjective experience, individual vs. community, present vs. future).

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  • Filomena Maggino, 2015. "Subjective well-being and subjective aspects of well-being: methodology and theory," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 123(1), pages 89-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2015:v:123:i:1:p:89-121
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    Cited by:

    1. Rosalia Castellano & Gabriella Bernardo & Gennaro Punzo, 2023. "Well-being in OECD countries: an assessment of technical and social efficiency using data envelopment analysis," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 70(2), pages 141-176, June.
    2. Adolfo Morrone & Alfonso Piscitelli & Antonio D’Ambrosio, 2019. "How Disadvantages Shape Life Satisfaction: An Alternative Methodological Approach," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(1), pages 477-502, January.
    3. Francesca Greco & Alessandro Polli, 2021. "Security Perception and People Well-Being," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 153(2), pages 741-758, January.

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    Keywords

    Subjective well-being; Subjective aspects of well-being; Well-being of nations;
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    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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